Anna Maria Island
While my family drives down for their vacation, once I was older and could only take a week at a time (they go for two weeks… miss those days!), I started flying into Florida. I fly into Tampa International and my family picks me up. It’s about an hourish away from the island and of course the drive is beautiful going over the Skyway Bridge and enjoying ocean views! I’m always just happy to be in Florida and away from Ohio’s crazy weather, lol!
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2. Skinny’s Place: Another spot that we like to visit on the island the first or second night… Skinny’s! This is a teeny, tiny spot but has the best burgers & fries. It’s almost right across the street from the public beach and fills up quick. I usually just get myself a cheeseburger and fries with of course a coke (comes in the bottle, what is better?!). We tend to grab these burgers more than once, they are so good and super quick!
7. Two Scoops Ice Cream – This is our go-to spot for ice cream basically every night while on the island! It’s right across from the pier (which sadly is no longer there but I do hear they are building a new one completely). You’re still able to walk across the street and view the water. We usually grab ice cream before sunset and head back to our place just in time to walk out onto the beach and enjoy the sunset. I’ve tried a bunch of flavors here and have never been disappointed.
8. The Donut Experiment – If you’re into delicious donuts, this is your spot. They have everything from cereal toppings to yummy frostings. I love myself a cereal donut (fruity pebbles to be exact!) so I loved going out in the morning to grab these. It’s on the opposite side of the island but I took my little sisters and we grabbed them on the Saturday morning we were there.
9. Smoqehouse – This is a newer spot and it’s located on the island. We are always looking to try the new places that pop up and this was delicous. We stopped here on my last night and I ordered the pulled pork sandwich, side of fries and tried the house BBQ. It was all so yummy and I’d definitely recommend!
Very comprehensive write up. I live in Tampa and AMI is my favorite place by far in Florida. We usually just stay on the island so I appreciated your listing of other places off the island that we are definitely going to try on our next visit. If you haven't already been, eat here (eathereflorida.com), is delicious and I also recently heard about a former doctor's office that was converted into a bar, aptly named, The Doctor's Office, that looks very interesting. Maybe we'll run into each other one time. 🙂
Aw thank you so much! My parents have eaten at "Eat Here" – I haven't tried yet! I definitely will get there though next summer when we visit 🙂 Thank you!!!